Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-121 (2026)
Transfer of income or resources
✓ current as of May 2026
In all actions for the transfer of income or resources from an institutionalized spouse for the support of the community spouse, the court shall apply the standards utilized to determine medicaid eligibility in this state, regardless of any state laws relating to community property or the division of marital property.
Acts 2002, ch. 880, § 16.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2012–2018 · leading case: Valliere v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 178 A.3d 346 (Conn. 2018).
Valliere v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 178 A.3d 346 (Conn. 2018). “of Human Services , supra, 2000 WL 1586454 , that state's legislature enacted Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-121 , which requires "court [to] apply the standards utilized to determine [M]edicaid eligibility in this state, regardless of any state laws relating to community property or…”
Mary Claudine Holland v. Robert Shields Holland (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-121 . A. TDHS asserts that the trial court erred in denying the motion to intervene because it had a “duty under federal and state law to ensure that Medicaid eligibility requirements [were] applied correctly to institutionalized persons and their…”
Betty L. McCollom v. Graham N. McCollom (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “In further support of their position, the Department points to Tennessee Code Annotated § 71-5-121 (2002), which states that: In all actions for the transfer of income or resources from an institutionalized spouse for the support of the community spouse, the court shall apply…”
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